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Changes in productivity levels are being increasingly recognised as a major influence on a wide range of managerial problems, including wage levels, cost-price relationships, capital investment requirements, labour utilisation and even competitive standing. The very importance of these problems, however, emphasises the seriousness of continued widespread misunderstanding of the nature and effects of productivity adjustments.
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Gold, B. (1971). Productivity. In: Explorations in Managerial Economics. Studies in Management. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00295-5_3
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